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LOT 0337
Medieval Virgin and Child by a Follower of Dirk Bouts
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1490 A.D.
22 1/2 in. (2.8 kg, 57 cm high).
Oil on board devotional panel in a gilt wooden frame; the Virgin in a bottle-green gown with gilt collar and cream undershift, crimson mantle; the naked Christ supported on his mother's left hip, his left foot clasped in the interleaved fingers of her right hand; textured gilt field; attributed to a follower of Dirk Bouts. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollection of Henri and Suzanne Paradis since circa 1967.
From the sale of their collection at Deburaux, 4 July 2015, lot 19.
Ex central London gallery.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11902-207281.
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LOT 0337
Medieval Virgin and Child by a Follower of Dirk Bouts
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
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Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 A.D. by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 A.D.
